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JULY 22, 2020

According to TrackStreet, it is developing brand protection technology, which uses artificial intelligence and automation to help brands monitor brand, MAP (minimum advertised price), and resale pricing violations. The company says it already has customers such Domestic, Mercury Marine, Smuckers, The Weyco Group, and Zeiss.

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JANUARY 3, 2019

San Diego-based Cubic Corporation said on Wednesday that it has acquired GRIDSMART Technologies , a developer of video tracking technology for the traffic management market. Cubic said GRIDMSART is expected to add $35M in sales and $8M in Adjusted EBITDA for the 2019 calendar year. The deal was worth $87M in cash.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

According to the company, the new funds go towards further development of its artificial intelligence technology, and to extend its platform and for market efforts. The seed funding was led by Okapi Capital, and also included Stage Venture Partners, SaaS Capital, and angels. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The company says it is using both machine learning and "high-touch" campaign building technology. According to AdQuick, this round of funding will go towards its plans to aggressively increase sales, marketing teams and engineering. The company's CEO and Co-founder is Matt O'Connor. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2018

Anyone who has ever bought or sold a home is most likely familiar with the Multiple Listings Service (MLS), the big database of homes for sale used by traditional real estate agents. We've also developed technology to target them, once we've found them, across Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, or Waze, whatever they are using most frequently.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 26, 2023

Every one of you business owners I know periodically introduces new products and services to sustain growth, fight off competitors, or take advantage of new technologies. New offerings which build your brand will increase acceptance and sales of all solutions, not just the new one. Solution may require new category development time.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 27, 2017

We’ve just passed a year full of news about the role of technology companies in U.S. elections, democracy, free speech, fairness in hiring, sexual harassment, privacy, data security, and the future job market for humans in the age of robots and artificial intelligence. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Andrew spoke to us about TrackStreet's brand protection software and artificial intelligence efforts. We provide analytics on the velocity of sales across their channels. We're also giving them the technology to grow their sales, both through online and offline channels. What is TrackStreet?

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Utilizing leading technologies and seasoned security expertise, Cybriant delivers an affordable solution which addresses the most common yet challenging structural and operational security vulnerabilities. Any business, small or large is vulnerable today. How do cloudy days affect sales? How do windy days affect sales?

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2018

“ServiceTitan’s incredibly fast growth is a testament to the brisk demand for new mobile and cloud-based technology that is purpose-built for the tradesmen and women in our workforce,” said Battery Ventures general partner Michael Brown — who’s taking a seat on the ServiceTitan board.

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JUNE 19, 2015

The company recently announced a funding round, led by True Ventures, so we thought we'd talk with John about what the company is doing, and why he believes search technology is so important to apply to recruiting. Recruiters can access that search technology in one of two ways. Tell us about Connectifier?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2020

The disruptive technologies in electric vehicles and artificial intelligence have taken even longer to see any dramatic payback. Innovation doesn’t even require technology. You may offer a different application for an existing product, a new pricing model, or a new level of support.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

In a bid to prevent the damage from those plumbing failures and also help save water, Los Angeles-based Flo Technologies (www.meetflo.com) has developed a water monitoring device and shutoff valve for your home, which is connected to your smartphone and its own app. At first, many plumbers are hesitant about our technology.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

As we draw closer to the end of 2016, it is important that we take a moment to look back and reflect on all of the ways technology has inspired us, and transformed the way we live and do work. Here are the top five ways technology has impacted us this year. So much so, that eMarketer forecasts 51.2 percent of digital buyers in the U.S.

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socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2019

We spoke with Meredith Finn a new Partner at March Capital--who headed up that the Rise of the Female Entrepreneur sessions this year--to hear more about her perspectives on investments, what the Rise of the Female Entrepeneur was all about, March's interests in artificial intelligence and more. What's your role at March Capital?

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 20, 2019

As CTO and vice president of Research and Advanced Engineering, Washington leads Ford’s worldwide research organization, oversees the development and implementation of the company’s technology strategy and plans and plays a key role in its expansion into emerging mobility opportunities. Students, you can grab your tickets for just $45.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

We casught up with CEO Jay Ackerman to learn more about the company, its market, and how the company is looking to help its customershealth plans and managed care organizations--with risk management and quality improvement using technology. I've been a sales leader, a Chief Revenue Officer, Head of Customer Success.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

Within the realm of “most-promising,” these are companies with the elements that tech investors and mentors look for—innovative technology, an outstanding team, and/or an impressive business plan. million in a Series D round of investment capital, according to founder and chairman Tony Farwell.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Nuance said the sale of the division will help it focus on its conversational AI and cloud-related technologies; Kofax said the deal will help it bolster its "Intelligent Automation" technologies. Kofax paid $400M in cash for the division. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2018

Los Angeles-based Postie (postie.com), backed by Bonfire Ventures and Crosscut Ventures, is applying machine learning and other techniques to direct mail. We spoke with Dave Fink , CEO and co-founder of Posite, and Jonathan Neddenriep , co-founder and CTO of the company, to learn more. What is Postie?

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 16, 2016

After raising $30 million, San Diego-based Certona said it is moving to accelerate its product development, expand its sales and marketing team, and improve its client services as an e-commerce technology vendor. Certona uses the data to offer shoppers personalized options based on “real-time profiling.”.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 20, 2020

Assistive robotics, on the other hand, are among one of the primary real-world tasks existing technology can seemingly address almost immediately. Early Bird tickets are now on sale for $275, but you better hurry, prices go up in less than a month by $100. Too often the world of robotics seems to be a solution in search of a problem.

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socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2018

For this morning's interview, we caught up with Elizabeth Cholawsky , the new CEO of Santa Barbara-based HG Data (www.hgdata.com), which develops software which helps marketers and salespeople understand the "technology stack" of their potential customers and prospects. Ours is automated, and uses machine learning in the background.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Invoca is now doing 10s of millions in recurring revenue and is growing > 75% year-over-year but it took the first 3 years to really build out the technology and acquire our initial enterprise clients. We now serve many large clients like Dish Networks, Dignity Health, and U.S. Why does that matter?

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JUNE 23, 2017

The insurance industry today is one of the last industries to fully jump into adopting technology for offering up their products, says Wayne Slavin , CEO and founder of SURE (www.sureapp.com), and just needs some help in getting there. We're here to serve, as a technology distribution platform, to help those insurance carriers become digital.

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socalTECH

MAY 10, 2013

We really pride ourselves in the amount of buzz and interest we drive for brands, which hopefully drives back directly to their sales. How we do that, is we have a platform that combines brand data with celebrity intelligence data, and we''re turning that data into valuable, targeted audience segments. Others are catching up.

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socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2012

My cofounder, Steven Elliott, was CTO of a company doing artificial intelligence and automated chat technology. My other co-founder, Rusty Jenkins, was also with that company, doing sales. Michael Wong: I was previously CTO of an agency called Breakthrough Ads. Based on his number, we decided to pivot.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2019

Mark Harris is back with new details on Uber’s autonomous vehicle technology program. The upshot: Uber was spending $20 million a month to develop self-driving technologies. Then there’s Volkswagen AG, which is in continued talks with Ford to partner on self-driving car technologies. billion investment in 2018.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

We caught up with Fuel50 founder and CEO Anne Fulton to learn more about the startup. Anne Fulton: Fuel50 is a career pathing startup, part of the HR technology landscape. We're a disruptor, the third wave in human resources technology. We're really ramping up that workforce intelligence using AI. What is Fuel50?

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 29, 2018

Consumer Technology Association (CTA), the producers of CES and Eureka Park, are the brains and brawn behind the Park and are potent partners to get startups in the spotlight. Learn more about becoming a CTA Member here. The article was brought to you in partnership with Consumer Technology Association , the producers of CES. .

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 15, 2015

There is real technology underneath the hood for a personalized experience at Tapiture. We use machine learning to analyze the behavior. If we see products are trending, we reach out and strike a deal with the vendor and make it for sale on our platform. We put products they can purchase in the mix.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Most of the incumbents in the ad technology space were just not able to piece together inventory the way they wanted to buy. Keith Bonnici: One of the things that got us acquired, more than any other, was our focus on the technology side. We were focused so much on the technology, that we didn't have a single ad salesperson.

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socalTECH

JULY 10, 2019

What we set out to do was develop something that we could use to solve that problem for ourselves, using personalized recommendation technology for food. So, we stopped our B-to-C product about a yaer ago, and since then have exclusively been licensing our technology. Finally, what's been your biggest lesson as an entrepreneur so far?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

He’s one of those rare people that after every meeting you have with him you feel like you have much more insight into the future of the technology industry than before your conversation began. Nick was always and remains a huge visionary in where public, realtime data was heading.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

We sat down with Roland Trimmel, the head of operations for Re-Compose, (the developers of Liquid Notes) to talk music, technology, and business. After that the next step will be to build up a whole business development sales and marketing team here in the US (in close contact with the big music production companies and so on).

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Xconomy

JUNE 24, 2016

—IBM’s Watson Health group said that a commercial product could arrive in 2017 that uses machine learning to digest patient scans, medical records, and other information to help doctors with care decisions. —Warsaw, IN-based OrthoPediatrics filed for an IPO to help support sales expansion and new product development.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 9, 2016

So, going by the traditional schedule, the 2016 iPhone would have been a major refresh, perhaps helping to reverse this year’s slowdown in sales of iOS devices. Redesigned iPhones typically come out in even-numbered years. 2015 saw the introduction of the iPhone 6s, a minor makeover of the previous year’s iPhone 6.

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